Three's Company
 Two young single girls found themselves in need of a roommate
for their Santa Monica apartment and decided to settle for the man
they found sleeping in their bathtub after a going-away party for
their last roommate.
Jack Tripper was harmless enough, but the problem was
convincing everyone else of that.
Parents objected and humorous misunderstandings abounded, but
Jack stayed. In addition to his other virtues, he was the only one
of the three roommates that could cook.
His favourite ploy was to intimate that he was a homosexual,
and therefore uninterested in the two sexy girls.
 The
landlady, Mrs. Roper, who lived downstairs, worried less about
what was going on upstairs than about the fact that nothing was
going on in her love life with her husband, Stanley.
Jack was studying for his chef's diploma; Janet, the brunette,
worked in a florist shop; and Chrissy, the frivolous blonde, was a
typist.
Norman Fell and Audra Lindley left the series in 1979 for their
own show (The Ropers), and were replaced by Don Knotts as
the new landlord.
Suzanne Somers left the series in 1980 and Jack and Janet
promptly found a new roommate in Cindy, who was introduced as
Chrissy's cute but clumsy cousin.
She moved out in 1981 and was replaced by a smart, vivacious
nurse named Terri.
When Jack lost his roommates (Janet got married and Terri moved
to Hawaii) he moved in with his new girlfriend, opened a
restaurant and a new series began in 1984 called Three's A
Crowd.
British readers may find this plotline familiar - Three's
Company was the American version of the UK 70s comedy classic Man
About The House.
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